Prizes
2023. 3rd Prize – Musicworks Electronic Music Composition Contest, Toronto
2020. 1st Prize – Excellence in Sound Design – Festival International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories Competition, Toronto
2012. 1st Prize – Aubagne Film Festival Competition, Aubagne, France
2009. 3rd Prize – GERMI. Competition, Rome
2009. 2nd Prize – InNova Musica Competition, Andorra
2009. 3rd Prize – Giuseppe Verdi Competition, Milan
2007. 1st Prize – Contemporary Music Workshops Competition -Megaron Concert Hall, Athens
2004. 1st Prize – Greek Festival of Chamber Music Competition, Athens
Nominations/Distinctions
2024. Finalist – Onassis ONX Immersive Proof-of-Concept Competition, Athens
2024. Shortlisted – NGB Seeds Innovation Competition, Athens
2022. Electronic Music Composition Teacher of the Year, Lessonface, USA
2023. Finalist – MUSAE STARTS Residency/Competition, EU
2015. Honourable Selection – ‘Sounds of WERGO’ retrospective collection
2015. Honourable Mention – OSSIA Competition, New York
2013 Finalist – Franco Donatoni Competition, Milan
2012. Finalist – New Forum-Jeune Création Competition, Lyon
2011. Honourable Mention – Chengdu-Sun River Competition, Sichuan, China
2011. Finalist – Antonín Dvořák Competition, Czech Republic/South Korea
2011. Finalist – Ville de Nice & Alpes Maritimes Competition, Nice
2010. Honourable Mention – Free Style Competition, London
2009. Finalist – Italian Institute of Culture Competition, Melbourne
Collective Prizes/Nominations/Distinctions
- First Prize – Best Family Game at Deutscher Computerspielpreis with Honig Studios for El Hijo Video Game – April 2021
- Forbes’ Top 35 XR Installations Of 2019 with the creative team of Symphony of Noise VR installation – February 2020
- Finalist – IDFA DocLab Competition for Immersive Non-Fiction, Amsterdam, with the creative team of Symphony of Noise VR installation – October 2019
- First Prize – Gamescom Indie Award, Germany, with Honig Studios for El Hijo Video Game – September 2019
with Honig Studios Creative Team – for the interactive project Milli
- Pädi Award – Educational Interactive Prize – November 2015
- GIGA Maus Award, Germany – for artwork, story and music – October 2015
- Red Dot Award, Germany August – 2015
- Mobile of the Day Award –Favourite Website Awards April – 2015
- Exhibit of the Day, USA – Communication Arts Prize April – 2014
- Power to the Pixel, U.K. – Best Kids Concept Award – 2013
Scholarships
- September 2011 – Mai 2014 – Scholarship of the Onassis Foundation (Greece) for doctoral studies in composition in Paris
- September 2008 – August 2009 – Scholarship of the Greek Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers with the Greek Composers Union for doctoral studies in composition
- September 2006 – August 2008 – Alexandra Trianti Scholarship from the Athens Concert Hall (Union “Friends of Music”) for postgraduate studies in composition
Grants
- February 2018 – Grant of Japan-Greece Society for the participation at the International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Tokyo
- February 2013 – Grant of Impuls Institute for the participation at the Impuls Academy
- July 2011 – Grant of Acanthes centre for the participation at the International Workshop of Chamber Music
- July 2010 – Grant of Acanthes centre for the participation at the IRCAM International Workshop of Computer Music
- September 2009 – August 2011 – Grant of the Leventis Foundation (France-UK) for doctoral studies in composition
- May 2009 – Grant from the AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council of UK) for the participation at the Sound, Sight, Space and Play International Conference, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
- September 2006 – Grant from the Greek Ministry of Culture and the scholarship of Clinker Foundation for participation in the International Festival of Music and New Technologies Visiones Sonoras, in Mexico
- August 2006 – Grant from theInternationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt for participation in Darmstadt International Summer Course